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Yellow Pitcher

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in Ireland. Described in 1951. Fruits have firm, very white flesh with an insipid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late September
Flowering
15th May (10%) · 21st May (full) · 30th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
insipid
Ribbing
ribbed
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
tall, rectangular
Fruit width
63 mm
Over colour
occasional pink flush
Russet type
russet dots and veins
Flesh colour
very white
Fruit height
63 mm
Flesh texture
firm
Ground colour
yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak-medium
Shape
Oblong
Width
69.57 mm
Height
56.54 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
fine
Greasiness
Strong
Over colour
Pink
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour amount
absent
Over colour pattern
washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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